Groundhog's, Horses, and Elephants

I guess I'll provide you with a weekly update, so let's see... what have we been up to?... Well, on Thursday I had my 28 week prenatal appointment. It went well. I love to listen to the baby's heartbeat and the doctor always says she sounds great. Now that I'm in the last trimester, I start going to the doctor every 2 weeks. So, I have another appointment scheduled for February 15th. At this visit, I'll also be getting a 3D ultrasound done. How fun! I'll be sure to post a picture from it next week.

On Friday, I took Emma into the pediatrician because she appeared to have an eye infection. It turned out she also had an ear infection, so she was loaded up on medication. She's still taking the antibiotics for her ear, even though she's all better. Friday was also Groundhog's Day! Many people don't give this day a second thought, but Ben's family has had the tradition of having breakfast for dinner on Groundhog's Day. You have to include sausage on the breakfast menu to make it meaningful.... do you get it?... sausage... ground hog... ha, ha. Well, we had sausage, pancakes, scrambled eggs, and orange juice for our Groundhog's Day dinner. It was most enjoyable. :)

On Saturday, Ben, Emma, and I went to the McCormick Railroad Park in Scottsdale with Ben's family. It was really fun. Emma rode the train and the carousel and also played on the playground with much enthusiasm! The next day she reminded me a couple of times about the "brown horse" she rode on the carousel, as well as getting to the ride the fun train. Saturday evening, Ben and I actually got to go on a date! My friend, Melinda, watched Emma for us, while we went out to dinner and ice cream. We had planned on going to P.F. Changs, but we ended up eating at the Elephant Bar instead, because P.F. Changs had a 1 1/2 hour wait. We were both very pleased with the food we ordered and it made great leftovers for Sunday lunch as well! That's always fun.

So, I guess we had another eventful week. Today the only really fun thing we did was go to Costco (do other people in the world find Costco to be as fun as we do?). Well, we ate lunch there and would have liked to have come out of there with something more fun than just baby wipes, but sadly, that is all we bought. Ben tried to sneak things like an IPod and Windows Vista in the cart when I wasn't looking, but I guess he wasn't successful. ;)